This is an analysis of the poem Ragetty Doll that begins with:

Rosemary has of dolls a dozen,
Yet she disdains them all;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dadacc cececc fefeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101010 110101 101101010 111111 11110100 10010100 01010101 110101 11100111 100101 10111100 10010100 11000101 110101 01110111 110011 01010111 011101 11110101 010000 11010101 010111 01110111 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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